Handle for covers of vessels



(No Model.)

J. MUSGROVE.

HANDLE FOR ooveas 03 VESSELS.

Patented Aug. 5; 1884..

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JOSEPH MUSGROVE, OF NOR\VIOH, CONNECTICUT.

HANDLE FOR COVERS OF VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,929, dated August5, 1884.

(No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MUseRovn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norwich, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin HandleAttachments for Covers-to Metal Vessels, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to the attachment of handles or knobs to the coversof culinary or other vessels.

Heretofore it has been customary to attach wooden handles or knobs tothe metal covers of vessels by means of arivet extending verticallythrough the knob, and provided with a lateral enlargement or head at itsup per extremity. The lower part of the knob rests directly against thetop of the cover, and the lower extremity of the rivet extends throughan aperture formed in the same.- The lower projecting end of the rivethas been either soldered to the lower surface of the cover or expandedby hammering, thus clamping or holding the knob to the cover between thehead and the soldered or ex panded extremity of the rivet. These methodshave proved to be expensive, inefficient, and unreliable. Knobs of thisdescription are first bored, so as to provide a hole for the ordinaryironrivet, after which they receive a coat of japan or enamel. Inaddition to the expense attached to the boring, a serious objectionarises from the fact thatit is impossible to prevent the japan or enamelfrom flowing into the hole, thus partially closing it up, so that indriving the rivet in position the pressure is such that the knob splitsand is a source of great waste. It has also been found extremelydifficult where rivets are used to prevent the knob or handle fromsplitting, owing to the changes in temperature to which the vessel issubjected, and the subsequent expansion and contraction of the metalwith which the handle or knob is in Moreover, it has been foundimpracticable to secure the extremity of the rivet to an enameled coverby expansion or solder, for in the first place the hammering would chipthe enamel, and, in the second place solder will not adhere to theglazed surface, and, as the solder has only the small surface of the endof the rivet to adhere to, it soon loosens by use and the handle comesoff. By my invention I dispense with the hole in the knob, thus greatlystrengthening it, besides doing away with the iron rivet, and

in place use a solid knob or handle, and

means whereby the same is securely attached to the covers of vessels ofany description Without fracturing or injuring the surface with whichthe cover may be coated, and attaching them in such a manner that it isimpossible for them to split or become loose, as is the custom arisingfrom the methods heretofore in use.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 isa transverse vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the mode of attachment.

In saiddrawings, A is an ordinary metallic cover or lid for inclosingthe mouth of the vessel.

B is a handle or knob, preferably of wood or other non-conductor ofheat.

C is a metal cap, preferably secured to the base of the knob by theannular flange h.

In attaching knobs of this description to the metal covers of vesselsvarious ways will suggest themselves. In practice, however, I have foundit preferable to proceed as follows, to wit:

d is "a projecting teat or point, formed on the cap, and extends throughan aperture in the cover, as shown.

By means of the solder s, which is permitted to flow round theprojecting teat orpoint, filling up the groove or recess a, considerablesurface is obtained for the solder to adhere to, tightly securing theknob to the cover,

The metal caps used in the improved attachment above described areutilized from scraps and clippings too small to be of any commercialvalue, so that the cost is insignificant as compared with the bestNorway-iron rivets now used for this purpose.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the perforated cover, theknob, and the metal cap 0, having the projection passing through theperforation in In testimony whereof I have hereunto subthe cover andsecured by solder, substantially scribed my name this 4th day ofOctober, A. IO as described. D. 1888.

2. The wooden knob B having a metal cap I C, secured to its base by theannular flange JOSEPH MUSGROVE' h, said cap provided with the teat cland \Vitnesses:

groove 0, substantially as and for the pure HENRY H. BURNHAM, pose setforth. SILAS H. DEWEY.

